Social Networking Sites Getting Risky For Recruiting
“While many recruiters and HR managers are taking advantage of the Web and online social networks to screen candidates for positions inside their organizations, a bank in Texas has decided that using social networking websites in its recruiting process is too risky legally. Amegy Bank of Texas now prohibits internal HR staff and external recruiters from using social networking sites in its hiring process. Amegy’s decision to ban the use of social networking sites in its hiring process demonstrates its respect for prospective employees’ privacy. It also sends a message to the employers and recruiters using social networks to snoop into job seekers’ personal lives that their actions border on discrimination and could get them in a lot of legal trouble.”
I figured as much that it wouldn’t take long for personnel departments to prohibit the use of MyS/FB sites in their hiring process. The reason is obvious — someone could say that they didn’t get a call for an interview, or they weren’t hired, because those making the hiring were able to see the applicant’s race, gender or sexual orientation.
